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Empire House Judicial review dismissed in the High Court

Wishes of local population are ignored.

Chiswick resident Simon Kverndal’s application for judicial review of Hounslow Council’s grant of planning permission for development of Empire House and the Essex Place site by Lend Lease was today dismissed in the High Court. The judge decided that each of the five grounds advanced by Kverndal was arguable, but then dismissed each of them.

The development adds two storeys and balconies to the Empire House office block on Chiswick High Road which becomes residential, along with 8-storey and 5-storey blocks either side of Empire House, on the car parks on Essex Place which will be visible and dominate from Turnham Green and the High Road.

Simon Kverndal says: “The judgment is extremely disap-pointing. We feel the verdict fails to deal properly with the arguments. It seems as if

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both the Judge and the Lon-don Borough of Hounslow have a completely different approach to the rest of us, even as to what constitutes a high rise. We find the judge’s reasoning weak and at times baffling – which gives us a real chance on appeal.

“If the Council and the devel-opers get away with this one then there will be nothing to stop them doing what they like in the future.

“We feel we have strong legal grounds for an appeal. With a full pipeline of further high-rise projects in the area, such as the 32-storey tower at Chis-wick Roundabout, and at least one other high-rise currently on Chiswick High Road, it is essential that we continue the fight. The Council cannot ignore the clear letter of their own policies and planning law, as well as the wishes of the local population.”

“I call on all Chiswick resi-dents to step forward and help

defend our borough. Please help us by donating as gen-erously as you can so we can appeal against this ill-consid-ered development.”

A spokesperson for Lend-lease, said: “We can confirm that today’s judgement stat-ed that Mr Kverndal’s claim failed on all grounds, and the right to appeal in the High Court has been refused. We

are pleased with the outcome and look forward to deliver-ing high-quality new homes and amenities to this part of Chiswick High Road. As with all our developments, this project is carefully designed to ensure it is of maximum benefit to both new and ex-isting residents, and makes a truly positive contribution to the area. The Opus Collection will introduce new homes and

improve the appear-ance of the existing 10-storey building. We are now concen-trating on bringing these exciting plans to fruition with a mix of high-quality new homes, retail spaces and public realm.”

Do you agree with the judicial review? If not, further fund-ing will be necessary to enable the appeal to go ahead. Within the next two weeks, if the response for funding is positive, Kverndal will be able to launch an appeal. Residents of Chiswick – or else-where in London - who wish to help are invited to contribute at www.crowdjus-tice.co.uk/case/fu-ture-of-chiswick

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Chiswick House and Gunnersbury Park make final cut in Love London Awards

Warm hearted people of Chiswick can help the needy fight winter chill

Two of West London’s much-loved historic homes have been shortlisted in a presti-gious competition designed to single out the best that Lon-don has to offer. Chiswick House and Gunnersbury Park and Museum have both made the final cut in the Time Out Love London Awards 2015.

Around 18,000 venues, bars and restaurants, bespoke shops and cafes were nom-inated for the awards, with judges deciding which select few advanced to the finals. The winners will be decided by a public vote that is set to close on Saturday 31 October.

Do you have a coat you don’t wear anymore? You could donate it the charity Calling London who will make sure it gets to someone who really needs it and help keep them warm this winter. If they are still in a good condition, you can take your unwanted coats to Hammersmith Town Hall or the council Advice Centre at 145 King Street, Hammer-smith.

Hammersmith & Fulham Council is working with char-

Former Chiswick Grammar School Pupil Seeks To Boost Autistic Learner Prospects In OxfordA headmistress educated at Chis-wick Grammar School has recently taken on the rewarding role of devel-oping the prospects of young adults on the autism spectrum at one of Britain’s newest SEN schools, LVS Oxford, which includes a number of learners from London boroughs.

Louisa Allison-Bergin, who was born in Chelsea and went to the Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle in South Kensington before attend-ing Chiswick Grammar School, last month became Head of Centre at LVS Oxford, a school offering a supported learning environment for 11 to 19 year-olds with a diagnosis on the autism spectrum. She begins her headship looking to grow the school from a solid base after a high-ly impressive Ofsted report which, despite only being open since Sep-tember 2014, confirmed its status as Good (one grade from Outstanding) in all areas.

Louisa is a perfect match for the school’s ethos to successfully devel-op the prospects of young adults on the autism spectrum in the areas of independent living, social and emo-tional wellbeing, academic progress and destinations, aiming to build on the hugely positive Ofsted report and continue LVS Oxford’s success-ful growth. Her first job was at Ux-bridge College, teaching art and be-ing a course team leader for young people with learning difficulties and disabilities including autism, and Louisa also studied a foundation de-gree and degree in teaching, training

and education at Greenwich Univer-sity.

Penn School in Buckinghamshire, where she launched a successful sixth form with over 40 students, provided yet further experience in SEN education before Louisa took the Head of Centre role at LVS Ox-ford. Louisa is committed to provid-ing young people with disabilities access to the same opportunities and experiences as everyone else; across her previous roles she has a 100% record in destinations for students, with all of them going on to employ-ment, assisted employment, college placements, apprenticeships or resi-dential placements.

Louisa said: “I am really excited to be part of the growth of LVS Ox-ford as it develops the prospects of a growing number of young adults on the autism spectrum. The school has had a fantastic first year, making such a difference already to learn-ers not just from Oxfordshire but as far as London and beyond thanks to its day and residential facilities. I hope my experience in destina-tions – helping equip learners with skills, qualifications and jobs or col-lege places for their futures – will only strengthen that. I want to as-sist learners in utilising their talents and interests to gain experience and qualifications that will allow them to lead independent lives beyond LVS Oxford. Therefore I am keen to introduce an even wider range of courses such as BTECs in health and social care, and sport”.

Louisa continued: “Social and emo-tional wellbeing will continue to be a priority as the school provides a fantastic environment for learners; welcoming, safe and well equipped with a wide range of activities and trips to enjoy. With the growth of our residential provision allowing learners from further away to share in the benefits of SEN education at LVS Oxford, we are creating a really diverse, happy mix of learners and experiences that everyone will ben-efit from”.

Sarah Sherwood, Director of SEN at

LVS Oxford and sister school LVS Hassocks, said:“We are delighted that Louisa has joined LVS Oxford. She has exten-sive experience of working with young people with a diagnosis on the autism spectrum and her previ-ous experience in Further Education and as Head of a 6th form will be beneficial in our development of programmes for our Post 16 Depart-ment. Louisa’s knowledge of transi-tions and Personal & Social Devel-opment will ensure that our learners leave LVS Oxford better equipped to manage the challenges that their diagnosis presents, whilst being able

to take their place in society”.

Despite only opening in September 2014 with 16 learners, word has quickly spread about the quality of the SEN school’s provision and it now has 43 learners from 11 differ-ent local authorities.

LVS Oxford is holding an open day for interested parties including pro-spective parents, students, local au-thorities and teachers on Wednesday 25th November. To find out more or book a place call 03330 067433.

Louisa Allison-Bergin, Headmistress.

Chiswick House.

Gunnersbury Park and Mu-seum, which straddles the boroughs of Ealing and Hounslow, is still in the run-ning despite being closed for a multimillion makeover that will mean the museum is closed to the public until 2017.

Chiswick House, a Georgian Palladian Villa, which is set in recently restored grounds, was built in 1729. Visitors are free to walk around the grounds from dawn until dusk every day. It has been owned by the public since 1929 when the ninth Duke of Devonshire sold it to Middlesex County Council.

ity Calling London to collect and distribute coats of all siz-es for the homeless and other people who need them.

“Many of us have coats we don’t wear anymore but are still in good condition,” said Cllr Sue Fennimore, H&F Cabinet Member for Social Inclusion.

“It may be your children have grown out of them or you’ve changed your style; whatever the reason, if you have an un-

Councillor Steve Curran, Leader of Hounslow Coun-cil, said: “These buildings are both incredible testimony to the borough’s rich and fasci-nating history and it is great that they have impressed the Time Out judges. These awards are very prestigious. Last year 250,000 Londoners voted for their favourite parts of the capital.

“Now we need as many peo-ple as possible to make sure Chiswick House and Gun-nersbury Park and Museum fly the flag for Hounslow by going online and voting for them.”

used coat taking up space in your home you can donate it and make a massive differ-ence to someone’s life.”

Collection will take place up until Monday 23 November.

Calling London will then sort and distribute the coats to those most in need.



Government plan to close Hammersmith County Court

Twinning charter signed with Indian city

Award winning architect kicks off new era for Golden Mile

Electoral Canvassers set to hit streets of Chiswick

Local residents face being denied justice under central government plans to shut Hammersmith Coun-ty Court. The controversial closure plan is a further blow to law and order in H&F, coming only weeks after proposals were announced to axe most services at Fulham Police Station. At present, there are no know plans to close Chiswick Po-lice Station.

If the plans go ahead, residents who need the court to resolve vital civ-il matters, such as housing matters and financial claims, will be forced to leave the borough to seek justice. The witnesses they depend on to prove their cases will be forced to travel as well.

“The plans as presented are unac-ceptable, and represent the latest of this government’s many attacks on access to justice for our residents,” said Cllr Michael Cartwright, H&F Council’s Deputy Leader and Cabi-net Member for Crime and Anti-So-cial Behaviour.

“Any residents seeking justice will be adversely affected, and there is a very real danger of those who find it difficult to travel, including elderly and disabled residents, being denied

The London Borough of Houn-slow’s annual electoral canvass continues over the next four weeks (22 October until 16 November) with volunteers knocking on the doors of approximately 30,000 properties across the borough, in-cluding households in W4. The can-vassers are checking the details of people listed as living at an address and will also be encouraging people to add themselves to the electoral register if they are not already reg-istered.

All local authorities are responsible for maintaining electoral registers and ensuring they are as accurate as possible. Electoral registers list the names and addresses of everyone who is registered to vote in public elections.

It is also used for other limited pur-poses specified in law, such as de-tecting crime (e.g. fraud), calling people for jury service and check-ing credit applications.

Every year a canvass is carried out as part of the work to ensure that the electoral register is up to date. The canvass started in Hounslow during the summer, when Household En-quiry Forms were sent out to all Hounslow addresses.

Household Enquiry Forms list who is on the electoral register at an ad-dress and asks someone at the ad-dress to confirm the information on the form is correct, or make any changes, for example where people have moved in or out of an address, or where names have changed.

Replying to a Household Enqui-ry Form is a legal requirement and failure to reply can result in a £1,000 fine.

Over the summer Invitation to Register to Vote forms were also issued. These forms are sent out to individual people who councils be-lieve are eligible to vote but are ei-ther not on the register because, for example, they have recently moved into a borough or district – or they have not been re-registered after the change to the new voter registration system which was introduced last summer.

An £80 fine can be issued for not replying to an Invitation to Register to Vote.

The Hounslow canvassers will be out in all weathers over the next few weeks knocking on the doors of properties where there has been no

justice all together. Yet again, the one-off savings made as the govern-ment sells off assets take no account of the ongoing impacts on residents across the borough.”

Opposition to the closure of Ham-mersmith County Court has also been voiced by the Law Society, which represents solicitors in En-gland and Wales.

“Combined with the further planned increases in court fees and reduc-tions in eligibility for legal aid, this closure will serve to deepen the in-equalities in the justice system be-tween those who can and cannot af-ford to pay,” Law Society president Jonathan Smithers added.

The news piles more misery on res-idents after the Mayor of London announced he would shut Fulham Police station – leaving just a ‘front counter’ – and slash the number po-lice community support officers in our neighbourhoods.

24 PCSOs are currently deployed to the borough, one based in each of its 16 wards, plus eight working across H&F. The Met is consider-ing a number of options for future PCSO numbers, including one sce-nario that would see all PCSOs re-moved from the borough.

“Police officers are already stretched due to huge cuts from cen-tral Government, with the Met now forced to axe PCSOs as well. It’s a toxic combination. Residents are understandably concerned, and as a council, we are doing all we can to maintain neighbourhood policing. It is this commitment that has seen the council directly fund 44 police offi-cers to patrol H&F,” Cllr Cartwright added.

Hounslow has forged new ties with the historic Punjabi city of Jalandhar, which has become the fifth twin of the borough. The Town Twinning Charter was signed at the Civic Centre on Tuesday 27 October. Jalandhar joins Is-sy-les-Moulineaux in France, Ramallah in Palestine, Lahore in Pakistan and Russia’s Len-ingradsky District as twins of Hounslow Borough.There are no formal obliga-tions in the twinning charter but it is hoped a lively ex-change of ideas and visits from delegations from each area. Cultural exchanges will also be encouraged.The borough has historic ties with Jalandhar dating back nearly 170 years. In the run up to the annexation of the Sikh kingdom of Panjab in 1849 the 13th Light Dra-goons, who were based in Hounslow Barracks trained on Hounslow Heath ahead of

Stirling-prize winning ar-chitect Professor Will Alsop OBE, Founding Director of aLL Design, has been com-missioned to conceive an exemplary mixed-use design for regeneration at Capital Interchange Way. The site sits adjacent to the consented Brentford Community Sta-dium scheme and will form part of the regeneration of the Golden Mile.

The evolving plans seek to transform and regenerate the site with a mixed use devel-opment, incorporating a new bus depot, new homes, a car showroom, office space, a media hub and raised land-scaped public park space.

The new bus depot would replace Metroline’s current facilities at Commerce Road, Brentford, and could facili-tate provision of a new school at the Brentford Lock site.

Will Alsop said: “Hounslow is an exciting area, with the Golden Mile area a key gate-way into London; innovative and quality design is evolving in the Borough and I am de-lighted to be exploring ideas for the site at Capital Inter-change Way.

“aLL Design is currently working on ideas for a mixed-use project, to rejuvenate this run down site near the M4. Our ethos is simple - to ‘make

response to numerous requests from the council for information about who lives at the property, or where people have not responded to Invita-tions to Register to vote.

The canvassers have all received thorough training and will be wear-ing London Borough of Hounslow high-vis jackets to make them more visible now the clocks have gone back. They will also show coun-cil-issued identification badges every time anyone opens a door to them.

Canvassers have also been given important information in the most commonly spoken and emerging languages in the borough to help with responses.

Elections Manager for Hounslow Council, Cassie Triggs said peo-ple would only need to spend a few minutes on the doorstep with the canvassers, she said: “If you’re visited by a canvasser, they’ll only need a few minutes of your time and by helping them complete the neces-sary forms, you’ll avoid facing what could be a hefty fine.

“If a canvasser calls round at an in-convenient time, you can ask them to come back when it’s easier for you, but you can only do this a few times before we’ll have to accept your non-co-operation as a refusal to give us the information we need.

“It’s a legal requirement to tell us who lives at an address and we will take legal action whenever people refuse to give us this information.

“Being on the electoral register doesn’t mean you have to vote, but by not registering, you can harm your credit score, and it will be harder to get a mortgage, loan, mo-bile phone contract and other credit facilities.”

Anyone who has received a House-hold Enquiry Form and has not re-plied to it yet, can do this via the council’s easy-to-use online system or return your form by post. If there are no changes to be made this can be confirmed via the online system or by telephone or text message. De-tails of how to do this will be on the form.

New residents can easily add them-selves to the register at www.gov.uk/register-to-vote. The process takes a few minutes and you’ll only need to confirm your name, address, date of birth and National Insurance Num-ber.

the first Anglo-Sikh War. The Sikh troops they defeat-ed joined the British Indian Army, where they remained until India gained its indepen-dence in 1947. When the Sikh regiments disbanded there was a mass exodus to Houn-slow and Southall, where the soldiers found work in the Wolfe Rubber Factory.Councillor Nisar Malik, may-or of Hounslow said: “It is a great pleasure to finalise our ties with the ancient city of Jalandhar. Like Hounslow, it is enjoying a rapid rise to prominence in industry and also like our borough it has a rich cultural history and long ties with this country. We look forward to forging lasting connections with the people of Jalandhar and look forward to the chance for our cultures to mingle.”

life better’. We’re looking forward to working with Hounslow Council, together with the local community, to enhance environment and well-being.”

Cllr Steve Curran, Leader of Hounslow Council, said: “We have an ambitious vision for a strategic regeneration of the Golden Mile, making it fit for 21st Century working and liv-ing. We welcome high-profile architects like Will Alsop

bringing forward imaginative design and strong investment in our borough.”

A spokesman for Metroline said: “At Metroline we are proud to be serving one of the world’s busiest cities. Moving to this state of the art facility at Capital Interchange Way is an exciting opportunity, and will help us deliver ever bet-ter bus services for Hounslow and London.”

It is envisaged that the project will bring new jobs, homes and a multimillion pound investment to the borough, regenerating a key site on the Golden Mile of the Great West Road.

Professor Will Alsop, OBE


LOCAL NEWS.LOCAL NEWS.

Appeal following knifepoint robberies, Acton

South West London Green Party selects Andree Frieze for London Assembly

Free advice to help residents out of fuel poverty

Culinary delights, industrial glamour at local museum

Councillors and MP given freedom of the borough

Police in Ealing have released an image of a man wanted in connection with a number of knifepoint robberies which occurred in Acton on Monday, 2 November.Officers were called to Hillcrest Road, W3 at 10:06hrs to reports of two men who had threat-ened a number of people with a knife and stolen

Hounslow, Kingston and Richmond Green Parties have announced the selection of Andrée Frieze as the South West London Green Par-ty candidate for next May’s London Assembly elections – the first official nomination of the Green Party campaign. Andrée is a veteran oppo-nent of Conservative MP and London Mayoral hopeful Zac Goldsmith having stood for the Greens in this year’s Gen-eral Election in the Richmond Park constituency returning a record vote for the party. A Richmond resident and jour-nalist, Andrée is active mem-ber and supporter of her local community and parent gov-ernor and Vice Chair of the Latchmere School Governing Body. The Greens will be focusing on housing, sustainable trans-port and airport expansion as well as highlighting air pollu-tion concerns in the capital. “Social housing and sustain-able transport are key issues for South West Londoners,” said Frieze “with dangerous levels of air pollution in the Capital and key internation-

Hounslow Council is urging people with concerns about friends and neighbours slip-ping into fuel poverty to call a helpline to get advice on insulating homes, switching payments tariffs and loft in-sulation.The Home Heat Helpline is a free service set up to help people who are struggling with fuel bills and, in extreme cases, are having to make a choice between feeding themselves and heating their homes.Set up by the energy provid-ers under the umbrella or-ganisation Energy UK, the service also has a website of-fering energy saving tips and advice on cutting bills.

A household is considered to be in fuel poverty if it has to

Set designer, Alice Hodge, and Chef, Ellen Parr, who brought you the likes of Ab-igail’s Party, The Colour Pal-ate, Gone Camping, and A Night with the Mistress (the latter in conjunction with The National Trust) have collabo-rated to bring London another night of culinary and atmo-spheric magic!

Launching on 17th Novem-ber, and running for seven days, The Engine Room will transport diners to an evening of semi-industrial glamour. Inspired by the sheer size and beauty of engines within the walls of The London Muse-um of Steam and Water, Alice will take you back 160 years to a time of bold and func-tional beauty & Moro trained chef Ellen Parr is currently developing a range of dishes inspired by the industrial age, incorporating interactive ele-ments and surprises that will

A nightclub in south Kens-ington has had its licence suspended following a large scale fight which took place outside the premises. A review of Boujis, Thur-loe Street, SW7, was heard on Thursday, 29 October, by Kensington and Chelsea Council’s Licensing Commit-tee.The most recent incident saw police called to Boujis on Sunday, 25 October, fol-lowing a large scale fight in which seven people were ar-rested.Police were called at 01:45hrs following calls of a fight out-side the venue. Police were informed that there were Four dedicated councillors

and an MP have been given honorary freedom of the bor-ough of Hounslow.Councillors Rajinder Bath, John Chatt, Paul Lynch and Bob Whatley and former councillor Ruth Cadbury, who is now MP for Brentford and Isleworth, were all hon-oured in recognition of their 25 years of service to Houn-

their mobile phones. Police believe there were four potential victims.On arrival officers found two male sus-pects at the location. Both men swung and lunged at the officers with a knife, but no officer was injured.A 20-year-old man was arrested for robbery and is currently in custody at a north London police station. The second man who attempted to injure officers made off and remains at large. Police are now seeking to trace Hussam El-Handi, 19, who is wanted for ques-tioning by police in connection with the robberies and which are being treated as linked incidents.Detective Superintendent Robert Ma-honey, Acting Borough Commander for Ealing, said:“We would like to speak to anyone who may have information on El-Handi’s whereabouts. We believe he poses a significant danger to the public and we advise anyone who may have seen him or knows of his location not to approach him but call police on 999.“It is important we track down this man before anyone is seriously injured.” To remain anonymous, contact Crimes-toppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

Hussam El-Handi

al climate change targets to be met, it is more important than ever that a Green voice is heard in the Assembly.”The campaign is officially launched on 19 November at John Bunyan Baptist Church, Kingston with a visit from Green Party stalwart and longstanding London Assem-bly member Jenny Jones. This comes during a month long Climate Sense Festival across South West London which in-cludes free talks, games and events ahead of the Paris Cli-mate Change Summit. Frieze added “the next few months represent a golden opportu-nity to avoid irreversible cli-mate change and London has the chance to be world leader in these efforts. The Green Party is the only party com-mitted to building a better, environmentally sustainable, society for the benefit of ev-eryone.”Green Party candidate for London Mayor, Sian Berry, added “Congratulations to Andrée, and to my Green col-leagues locally for selecting such a great standard-bear-

spend more than 10 per cent of its annual income on gas and electricity.With winter just around the corner, Councillor Steve Curran, Leader of Hounslow Council, is reminding Houn-slow residents who are wor-ried about staying warm to call the Home Heat Helpline for help with their energy bills.He said: “In the run up to winter, many local residents may be concerned about stay-ing warm. Making the choice between heating and eating is not one that anyone in the UK should have to make. But there is help available.“If you’re finding it difficult to pay your energy bills, call the Home Heat Helpline. Look out for your neighbours,

slow Council.The honour was bestowed on the four councillors and Ms Cadbury, who all passed the milestone in May, at a special ceremony attended by the full council, at the Civic Centre on Tuesday 27 October.The award is conferred to people of all walks of life who have given outstanding service to the people of Houn-

er in South West London. Together we are going to be part of our party’s most am-bitious London campaign ever, because this city needs the Greens more than ever. We’ve reached crisis point, most notably on housing but also on transport and air pol-lution, and we need a different approach that is both credible and radical. I’m convinced that with our record member-ship and our line-up of can-didates we can win our best vote yet for Mayor and end up holding the balance of power in the body that decides the Mayor’s budget - the London Assembly.”

friends or relatives who may be in difficulty and make sure they’re aware of the service too.”

The helpline is staffed from 9am until 5pm every week-day.Lawrence Slade, Chief Exec-utive of Energy UK, said: “If anyone is concerned about keeping their home warm they should call our free help-line. Thousands of people are entitled to some kind of help so they’ve got nothing to lose and possibly lots to gain by getting in touch.”Visit www.homeheathelpline.org.uk or call the helpline on 0800 33 66 99 or 0333 300 3366 for mobile callers.

slow.Councillor Steve Curran, Leader of Hounslow Coun-cil, said: “It’s important that we recognise the contribu-tion that people make to the borough. The fact that these councillors and former coun-cillor have been elected to represent people living in the London Borough of Houn-slow time and time again is

testament of the work they do, often behind the scenes, to improve the lives of people living in their wards.“It’s a time-honoured tradi-tion to honour councillors after they have passed the quarter-century landmark, whatever their hue, and it was with great pleasure that we did so for our long-serving colleagues.”

Set designer, Alice Hodge, and Chef, Ellen Parr

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Kensington nightclub has licence suspended

about seven to eight people fighting. However, subse-quent enquiries and viewing of CCTV showed there to be between 15 and 20 people in-volved.During the fracas an 18-year-old man was thrown head first into a car, causing a sizeable dent to the vehicle. The vic-tim refused medical attention and only gave officers a brief statement before leaving the scene.Seven people - six men and one woman - aged between 18 and 21 were arrested at the scene and were issued fixed penalty notices under section 5 of the Public Order Act 1983.



Couple sentenced for smuggling items into Wormwood Scrubs

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A couple who were caught trying to smuggle drugs, al-cohol, a knife and mobile phones into Wormwood Scrubs prison were sentenced on Thursday, 29 October at Isleworth Crown Court.Karl Jensen, 27 (11.11.1987) of St. Ervans Road W10 re-ceived two and a half years’ imprisonment. His girlfriend, Lisa Mary Hutchinson, 26 (29.05.1989), also of St. Ervans Road W10 was sentenced to a 12 month community order and is re-quired to attend a community rehabilitation programme.The couple used a wash bag tied to fishing line to smug-gle the items over the prison wall including a McDonald’s McMuffin, a plastic Kinder Surprise egg containing five mobile SIM cards, a bottle of vodka and a number of USB chargers.Hutchinson pleaded guilty to allowing her premises to be used for the supply of class A and class B drugs on 30 July at Isleworth Crown Court.The court heard how on 15, October 2014 staff at Worm-wood Scrubs prison, Shep-herds Bush, spotted a man and woman in Artillery Lane, the road which runs alongside the prison wall.Watching CCTV, staff wit-nessed the man tie a bag to a rope and watched as the bag was pulled up into the prison and into one of the cells.Police were immediate-ly alerted and attended the scene. Guided by the CCTV operators, they stopped the man and woman - who were later identified as Hutchinson and Jensen.Meanwhile prison officers lo-cated the cell the bag has been pulled into. Inside they found the bag contained a knife with

Chiswick photographer sees business develop after win-ning prestigious competition - Since dog photographer Art Burasz from Chiswick, was announced as the winner of the ‘Dogs at Play’ category in the annual Kennel Club Dog Photographer of the Year competition in March, his canine photography busi-ness, WoofSnap Photography has gone from strength to strength.

The blueprint plans were de-veloped with key stakehold-ers and announced by CEO John Holland-Kaye, as part of a 15 year vision to invest around £180million in revo-lutionising its cargo facilities,

a five-inch blade, a Smart-watch, a mobile phone and other prohibited items. Prison officers also recovered two large wraps of herbal canna-bis, a large block of cannabis resin and a wrap of cocaine. Also found at the home were a quantity of ‘top up’ cards with their SIMs removed and the box for a Smartwatch mobile phone, whose serial number was the same as the Smartwatch found at the pris-on. Detective Constable Andy Griffin of Hammersmith and Fulham CID said:”Jensen and Hutchinson tried to smuggle prohibited items including drugs, alcohol and a knife in-side a prison; the combination could have been deadly.“Thankfully vigilant prison staff foiled the plot and they were quickly arrested. This case serves as a strong re-minder of the very serious consequences of smuggling prohibited goods into a pris-on.”Governor Peter Nichols of HMP Wormwood Scrubs, said: “This successful prose-cution was due to the efforts made between both agencies - the police and the prison service - and highlights the importance of collaborative working and maintaining positive professional relation-ships and the sharing of infor-mation with our partners. “A Notice to Prisoners will be published to highlight this and the intent, that Worm-wood Scrubs is committed to working with our Partner Agencies to assist in prose-cuting those who attempt to convey and distribute illicit items into our Prison.“I thank all staff involved in this successful operation on both sides”

Chiswick photographer sees business develop after competition win

Chiswick Churches for Justice and Peace raise £1700

Kennel Club Dog Photographer of the Year competition, ‘Dogs at Play’ category winning image by Art Burasz. The Kennel Club©

MP Ruth Cadbury called on support for the charity

Carl Bahoshy reading letter from Iraqi woman

After his spirited image of dogs playing with a ball at a London sports club impressed the judges of the prestigious annual competition and re-ceived international press coverage, Art has been work-ing on projects incorporating dogs, such as The Dogs of Mardi Gras.

Art said: “Winning in the Kennel Club Dog Photog-rapher of the Year compe-tition made me even more passionate about capturing dogs’ personalities, their in-dividual traits and emotions. Since taking photos of dogs is normally difficult due to their mobility, speed and cheeky nature, it’s always very re-warding to get this one great shot and see the happiness and pride on the owner’s face.

“I deal with hundreds of play-ful dogs on a daily basis but these two were truly having their own World Cup Final - nothing matches the enthusi-asm of a dog with a football.”

The opportunity is now open to follow in Art’s footsteps as this year’s Kennel Club Dog Photographer of the Year competition is under-way. Open to professional or amateur photographers, the competition consists of sev-en categories: Portrait, Man’s Best Friend, Dogs At Play, Dogs At Work, Puppy, I Love Dogs Because – a category specifically for those aged 16 and under – and the new Assistance Dogs and Dog Charities category. To view the winning images from last year, visit: www.dogphotog-rapheroftheyear.org.uk.

Caroline Kisko, Kennel Club Secretary said: “The Kennel Club Dog Photographer of the Year is a fantastic compe-tition that continues to capti-vate dog enthusiasts and pho-tographers across the globe.

“We love hearing stories like Art’s and are proud to be able to help these talented individ-uals develop their skills and expand their opportunities through the competition.”

To enter this year’s Kennel Club Dog Photographer of the Year competition, please visit www.dogphotographer-oftheyear.org.uk. The dead-line to enter is 5pm (UK time) on 13th March 2016.

More than 60 people gathered at St Michael’s Church, Elmwood Road on October 22nd to hear an enthrall-ing organ recital and see a film of a play performed by St Michael’s Players based on two Chiswick families in WW1. This was the 2nd “Peace in War” event linked to the centenary of WW1 and organised by the Chiswick Churches for Jus-tice and Peace (CCJP).

Chairman, Simon Rodway, opened the evening by describing the pur-pose of the event - . To reflect on conflict today 100 years after WW1, and in particular the plight of Christians in Iraq and . To help

raise funds for the charity “Iraqi Christians in Need” (ICIN). He then thanked the Vicar, Martine Oborne for agreeing to the use of the Church for this event and also 2 members of the Church, Steve and Alison New-bold for all the work that had gone into the event.

Martine Oborne explained that “My Darling Boy”, the play shown on screen, was the story of what war meant to a family, their 4 sons and the girlfriend of one of them. It brought home the drastic conse-quences of “the war to end all wars” on families throughout the country who had no idea what the impact of

their patriotism would be.

After the video, Martine spoke about St Michael’s “Heroes of Chis-wick” project and similar ones at St Michael and All Angels and St Nich-olas Churches. She then read part of an article written by her journalist husband Peter, which described movingly his recent stay in Damas-cus. Carl Bahoshy, the son of Iraqi Christians who have lived in this country for many years then gave an organ recital of six pieces, many of which had a Christian theme, end-ing with a wonderful finale of the 1st Symphony for organ by Louis Vierne. During the music very poi-gnant images of the suffering in Iraq were displayed on the screen, which had a powerful effect.

Carl also said a few words about the “Iraqi Christians in Need” charity and read a letter by an Iraqi woman about the situation at the height of the conflict. The event was attended by the Hounslow MP, Ruth Cadbury, who expressed her appreciation of Carl’s inspiring recital and asked us all to support the charity. The Vic-ar ended the meeting in prayer, and Fair Trade refreshments were then served. Almost £1700 was raised for “Iraqi Christians in Need”.Anyone wishing to make a dona-tion to this cause can do so online at www.icin.org.uk or by mailing a cheque payable to ICIN to 43 Queen’s Drive, Thames Ditton, Sur-rey, KT7 OTJ.

processes and people. The blueprint includes proposals for a specialist pharmaceuti-cal storage area - to support airlines to move highly valu-able and temperature sensi-tive medicines – as well as

better infrastructure to reduce congestion and smoother pro-cesses, all enabling freight to flow better through the airport and halving process time from 8-9 hours, to four hours.


HOUNSLOW COUNCIL NEWS. EALING COUNCIL NEWS.

For those of you that live in the Hounlsow Council area of Chiswick... For those of you that live in the Ealing Council area of Chiswick...

Getting bookies in a spin – updates to gambling policy Council to promote

better mental healthReal time transactions for Ealing residents

Ealing Council wants better pay for its residents

New wave of apprentices take up their posts at Hounslow Council

Flu vaccination - don’t put it off!

Hounslow Council is backing calls for a massive reduction in the amount people can feed into fixed-odds gambling ma-chines in bookies.

Currently gamblers can legal-ly bet on the machines with stakes of up to £200 a spin. But the move to slash the maximum bet by 99 per cent to £2 a spin is gathering pace.

Although the Government has so far resisted pressure to force the hand of bookmak-ers, Hounslow Council has added its weight to the cam-paign in its new Statement of Gambling Principals policy.

People who live or work in Hounslow are being invited to give the authority feedback on the policy, which would also make it tougher for new bookies to set up shop.

An Ealing councillor has been appointed the borough’s new ‘mental health champi-on’ as part of a national men-tal health challenge to help sufferers.

Councillor Abdullah Gulaid, elected member for Acton Central, is the borough’s first mental health champion. The national mental health chal-lenge was set-up by seven mental health charities that are working together to im-prove mental health across England.

Councillor Hitesh Tailor, cab-inet member for health and adults’ services said: “I’m delighted that Councillor Gu-

Ealing Council is making it easier for residents to receive up-to-date information about some of their council ser-vices quickly and easily, at a time that suits them, with the launch of MyAccount. Using MyAccount gives res-idents the flexibility to view details about their council tax and housing benefits online at their convenience. Residents can use the account to set up direct debits, view their coun-cil tax balance, instalment plan and make payments. They can also view their ben-efit entitlements, payment dates and see how much council tax support they are entitled to. Residents need to register for an account using a valid

As part of Living Wage Week, Ealing Council is marking its intention to become a Living Wage Borough by offering up to £200,000 in business rate relief to encourage local busi-nesses to pay their employees at least the London Living Wage, which is calculated according to the basic cost of living in London.

Fourteen new apprentices have started work at Houn-slow Council as part of a recruitment drive, with inter-views also taking place for other posts.The new recruits, who are all aged between 16 and 24, will spend at least a year in the paid employment of the coun-cil, taking on a raft of differ-ent jobs and responsibilities as they train on the job.Ten posts in business admin-istration and town planning have yet to be filled and the council is inviting applica-tions from keen 16 to 24-year-olds looking for an alternative to higher education as a route

Hounslow Council is urging residents to get their flu vacci-nations as the winter months approach. The vaccination is particularly important for people who are pregnant, have young children, have long-term conditions or are over 65 years old.

Residents can get the vac-cination at local GP surger-ies, some pharmacies and, for children in years 1 or 2, through school in the form of a nasal spray. Children and young people aged between two and 17 who have a long-term condition will also be offered the vaccination in the “needle-free” form of a nasal spray.

If the new policy is adopt-ed, before an application is considered, bookmakers will have to carry out a full risk assessment of the surround-ing area to make a case for their business not posing a threat of being detrimental to the community.

Councillor Richard Foote, Cabinet Member for Com-munity Safety, Hounslow Council, said: “This may look like we have only made a few tweaks to our policy but actually there are some vital differences in what we are proposing.

“People have the right to have a flutter if they so choose but these machines have been de-scribed as crack for gambling addicts and people in danger of developing a problem. As

laid has taken on the role of mental health champion for Ealing. One in four of us will suffer a mental health condi-tion in any given year, so it’s vital we promote good mental health and tackle discrimina-tion and stigma that sadly still surrounds it.”

The mental health challenge has a ten point for plan for lo-cal councils, which includes tackling discrimination, re-ducing inequalities and work-ing with the NHS and Clini-cal Commissioning Group to deliver health and social care support throughout the bor-ough.

Councillor Abdullah Gulaid

email address which they can access for verification. Once residents have filled in the online MyAccount registra-tion form they will receive an email asking them to activate their account. They can then access information specific to them and carry out transac-tions in a simple and secure way. All transactions will be carried out in real time en-suring a smooth and efficient service.Councillor Yvonne Johnson, cabinet member for finance, performance and customer services said: “MyAccount will give residents a modern, online experience that is re-liable, convenient, and easy to use. It will help people manage information about

Ealing Council became a Liv-ing Wage Employer in 2013 and wants other local busi-nesses to become responsi-ble employers by joining the scheme. As an incentive the council is intending to offer a one-off business rate dis-count equivalent to two years of Living Wage Accreditation

into the workforce.Hounslow Council appren-tices are given full training and have the chance to study towards NVQ qualifications while they are being paid.Newly hired apprentices have started working in Business Administration, IT, Finance and Accounting, Customer Services and Procurement.Councillor Steve Curran, Leader of Hounslow Council, said: “We’re offering some really exciting opportunities for young people who don’t want to go to university at this point in their lives and want instead to opt for some hands on experience in a profession.

Councillor Ed Mayne, Houn-slow Council’s Cabinet Member for Public Health and Leisure, said: “Most of us have had flu at some time and will be familiar with its highly unpleasant symptoms including headaches, tired-ness, nausea and joint pain. What is less well known is that it can be very serious and in extreme cases it can even be life-threatening. So I urge residents who are at particu-lar risk from flu – especially those with young children, long-term illnesses or the over 65s – not to put it off. Get vaccinated now!”

The dangers of flu are partic-ularly high for patients with

things stand, we cannot stop bookies putting in these ma-chines but we have to keep an eye on how the community is affected and ensure that the numbers of these shops don’t become a blight on our high streets.

“To us it seems absurd that someone can put what is for some people a week’s wages on a bet in a game in which they have no human contact with a member of staff who might responsibly caution them against making too rash a decision.”

“There are also other subtle changes which, put together, and shift the emphasis very much onto bookmakers to act in a responsible fashion.”

To have your say visit the council’s website

said: “It’s quite likely that one of our friends, colleagues or family members will experi-ence a mental health problem at some time. I’m confident that we can change attitudes and look for new ways to actively support people with mental health problems in our communities.”

Ealing Council is one of only 50 local authorities to sign-up to the national mental health challenge.

The council’s health and wellbeing board are looking at how mental health issues can be taken into account in services across the borough.

the council services they re-ceive at a time and place that suits them. Since we launched MyAccount at the beginning of September we have already had more than 5,500 residents sign up.”Residents can currently ac-cess their council tax and housing benefit accounts with MyAccount and there are plans to add refuse and recy-cling and housing rents in the near future. Register for your free MyAc-count via the council’s home-page or visit www.ealing.gov.uk/signinAny customer data collected will be secure and only used in line with the council’s data protection policy.

fees for the first 100 business that come forward.

The Living Wage is a volun-tary higher rate of base pay and accredited employers commit to ensure their lowest paid staff are paid the London Living Wage as a minimum. Last year it was calculat-ed at £9.15 per hour, £2.65

A lot of the last set of appren-tices have been kept on and still have jobs with us.“There’s no substitute for experience and having an apprenticeship on your CV shows resourcefulness and initiative to future employ-ers when you move on from Hounslow Council. This is a great opportunity to learn while you earn. I highly rec-ommend it.”If you or anyone you know is interested in doing an appren-ticeship with Hounslow coun-cil, please visit Hounslow Council’s website to apply.

a long-term condition, such as asthma, and for residents who are carers, are over 65, are pregnant, or children aged two, three and four (ie born between 1 September 2010 and 31 August 2013). Small children can be at risk of complications such as bron-chitis, pneumonia and painful middle ear infection. People in these at-risk groups are all strongly advised to get a flu vaccination as soon as they can.

Information about doctors and pharmacies in the borough of Hounslow can be found at www.nhs.uk/service-search

The 14 apprentices.

above the minimum wage. The cost of being accredited varies depending on the size of workforce and the type of organisation but the maxi-mum discount could be up to £2,000 per business.

According to the London Poverty Profile, published by the Trust for London, current-ly more than 25% of the jobs in Ealing are low paid, con-tributing to levels of in-work poverty, and child poverty.

Local businessman Michael Hanreck, managing partner of PAG Leisurewear, said: “I welcome the council’s in-tention to offer an incentive to local business to become accredited Living Wage em-ployers. Living wage accred-itation, in my experience is fairly unique. It is a clear, ele-gant, statement about the eth-ics of the business, backed by a financial decision that can’t be smudged or worked round and the accrediting process is incredibly simple. Pay your staff what they need to live a respectable life. We need our people to care, perform and be an asset to the business; the living wage is one of the fundamental steps to achieve that.”

Councillor Steve Hynes, cab-inet member for prosperity, skills and employment, said: “I congratulate PAG Leisure-wear in being the first private company based in Ealing to become an accredited Living Wage Employer and I hope that their commitment to en-

suring their staff get a fair wage will set a precedent for other local businesses to fol-low. As the council’s Living Wage champion, I look for-ward to working with West London Citizens and the Liv-ing Wage Foundation to pro-mote to local businesses not only the moral aspects but the economic benefits of becom-ing ethical employers.”

Councillor Julian Bell, lead-er of the council, said: “We know that many hard-work-ing people are struggling to get by and low wages se-verely impact the quality of life our residents are able to enjoy. We are committed to make Ealing a prosperous, healthier, and fairer borough and essential to this is ensur-ing people are paid at a decent rate by their employers.

“By offering a business rate discount we hope this pro-posed scheme will recognise and celebrate good employers in the borough and encourage

others to step-up to provide a fair day’s pay for their staff.”

Sarah Vero, acting director of the Living Wage Foundation, said: “It’s really good to see Ealing Council champion the Living Wage in such a practi-cal way, supporting business-es in their borough who are showing leadership around tackling low-pay. We look forward to working with the council to increase the num-ber of accredited Living Wage employers in the borough and promoting the Living Wage as a route to helping working families out of poverty.”

Details of the scheme will be confirmed following the council’s formal budget set-ting and decision making process when the scheme will be considered by Ealing’s cabinet and full council. Any businesses who wish to regis-ter their interest in the scheme should contact [email protected]


MONEY MATTERS.LOCAL NEWS - Ruth Cadbury MP.

Money Matters with Dr P Singh

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Personal debt is rising, but who cares? The pot calling the kettle black

Diesel-gate in name only

Data Protection Act? Don’t make me laugh

“Prudent rather than excessive spending looks to be the order of the day, but people are defi-nitely enjoying themselves,” said Kevin Jenkins, an execu-tive at Visa Europe. That was in July in response to figures reported in the CityAM that said UK consumer spending rose to a 5-year high. In May, thisismoney reported that “Households loosening the purse strings as consumer confidence soars to nine-year high”

Not surprising then that today, Metro highlights BoE figures that say Brits are plunging deeper into debt more quickly than at any time since 2006, owing a whopping £176 bil-lion at Sep 2015“It is crucial we do not return to the high levels of unsus-tainable debt we saw in the run-up to the financial crisis” said Tutton of Stepchange debt charity, a pretty useless

MPs were caught out in 2009 fiddling their expense claims and it still leaves a bitter memory for many upstand-ing taxpayers. But hold on. It seems from a report in thi-sismoney, that a staggering 85% of employees also fiddle their expense claims, i.e., they claim back more in expenses off their employer, some in excess of £500, and one took over £4000. The reasons employees have cited for their thieving? To compensate them for not be-ing paid enough; because ev-eryone else was doing it; and because they thought they

In the last edition of the Chiswick Herald I highlight-ed a number of concessions the government has given to banks. It seems, car makers are getting their concessions too, and by a greater authority, the EU. The EU is allowing them to sell diesel cars that may emit TWICE the allowed level of poisonous Nitrous Oxide gas. This concession seems gall-ing to some when the air has

The seedy tale of Aviva em-ployees selling their custom-ers’ personal details to claims companies or their agents, highlighted a major failing of the DPA – not prosecuting companies that buy an indi-

On 24 October MP Ruth Cadbury joined ‘CHATR’, Chiswick Against Third Runway, at a stall in Chiswick set up to mark the sixth anniversary of David Cameron’s personal pledge against a third runway. He made his famous, ‘No ifs, No buts’ pledge in Richmond and other local constituencies in the week of 19 October 2009.

Hundreds of new supporters have joined CHA-TR (Chiswick Against Third Runway). Many people expressed great concern about the

MP joins Chiswick residents opposing Heathrow expansion

comment when anything other than what he hopes for would be reckless.Sustained low interest rates have encouraged borrowing, in addition to deflation of many household goods aided by rising employment. In May a Nielsen survey found that the percentage of people who in-tended to change their ways in an effort to save, was the sec-ond lowest number on record.A Lloyds bank survey report-ed in thisismoney, said ‘... de-spite current confidence easing back, household sentiment around prospects for spend-ing and discretionary income remains stable, providing re-assurance that the UK is well-placed to maintain a solid pace of economic growth,’ It could have added : “...until bankrupt themselves so the economy tanks into another financial crisis”

Interestingly, the same article

could get away with it, to name a few.Common expense claim meth-ods employees use to cheat their employer include: taking friends out for a meal; getting a meal on their way back from a meeting; taking a taxi instead of public transport. Others I could add include staying at posh hotels, flying business instead of economy, and en-tertainment expenses that en-tertain them more than their clients. If this is how employees cheat their employers, then it begs the question: how do em-ployers overstate their own

not even cleared over the VW emissions scandal. And ac-cording to thisismoney, “...further loopholes in the [EU] agreement will allow carmak-ers to emit 50 per cent higher emissions from 2021.”

‘Allowing car manufactur-ers to completely disregard car standards for another five years is terrible news for our environment and for consumer trust in European car brands,’

vidual’s details without the consent of that individual.“At the moment it is not ille-gal for firms to buy names and personal information – that’s a disgrace.’ said Aviva chief ex-ecutive.

noise. According to AirportWatch if Heath-row expansion goes ahead, the new flight path over central/north Chiswick is estimated to be at around 2,000 feet with noise of c.70-80 decibels and planes running for up to 16 hours a day.

One Chiswick resident who already lives near an existing flightpath described the noise as ‘living hell’. Another resident, Mike Greenslade from Ealing said ‘I live under the flight path and it is misery. It spoils every

day’. He explained that it was never possible to sit in the garden because of the noise and ‘the pollution is atrocious’.

‘There are more events coming up in Novem-ber and we encourage all those who oppose the Third Runway to take part’, said a spokes-man for CHATR. ‘You can join CHATR by e mailing [email protected] to learn of these events’.

MP Ruth Cadbury took to the streets of Chiswick Ruth Cadbury with Supporters of CHATR outside Sainsbury’s, Essex Place W4.

highlighted the doubtful ve-racity of surveys, citing one report that contradicted anoth-er. The sound advice given in such cases was “...such reports need to be taken with a pinch of salt.”

If the data is to be believed, many Brits are loosening their purse strings and throwing caution and financial disci-pline to the wind. When in-terest rates inevitably rise, the shock of higher interest pay-ments might curb spending but by that time, many consumers will be in deep debt and suf-fering financial distress, cul-minating possibly in their per-sonal bankruptcy. Only then will the lessons long forgotten lessons of the last financial cri-sis be remembered, but sadly too late.

expense claims, and what per-centage of employers? Don’t feel too sorry for the cheated employer; they’re passing a large chunk of those employee expense claims on to the tax man (and eventual-ly, to the tax payer), and at the same time they’re probably adding on a few of their own to cut their tax bill. The Chiswick Herald would like to hear of underhand methods employees use to cheat their employer or meth-ods employers use to cheat the taxman or other stakeholders in their company.

said one member or the EU parliament and an activist.‘It is shocking that govern-ments are so keen to please carmakers and ignore the health effects of this invisible killer of over half a million citizens annually.’ said Greg Archer, clean vehicles manag-er at Transport & Environment

Suggestion to insurance com-pany chief executives: start a petition to lobby the govern-ment and the insurance om-budsman to make these pur-chases illegal.


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Dehydration is one of the most common reasons of bad breath. If you are one of those people, who survive on coffee and forget about topping up their water bottle you are most likely to develop bad breath during the day. ‘Our saliva is a natural antiseptic and it plays a crucial role in breaking down food particles trapped within dental crevices, protecting teeth from bacterial decay. However, in order for your body to produce enough of it, you must be drinking plenty of water throughout the day, otherwise microbes in our mouth will feed on food pieces and release by-products, causing odor at the same time’ explains Nutritionist, Cassandra Barns.

Floss and brush your teeth at least twice a day with good quality toothpaste. ‘Don’t forget about tongue and the inside of your mouth as well as flossing to get rid of food particles and odor-causing bacteria’ says Shona Wilkinson, Head Nutritionist at www.nutricentre.com.Try Enlighten Duo Care (www.enlightensmiles.com, £20) for your complete oral hygiene routine. It does not only removes stains but also whiten your teeth. ‘You can also snack on strawberries – they contain malic acid, a natural astringent that can help remove discoloration.’ adds Wilkinson

Your lips are 100 times more sensitive than the tips of your fingers. That’s why it is so important to keep them smooth if you want to enjoy your kisses! However, drying lipsticks, cold wind and stressful biting can leave them dry and chapped. ‘Exfoliate your lips twice a week with a homemade scrub: mix honey with sugar to keep them smooth and nourished. Don’t forget to apply a moisturising balm before you go to bed. Go for the one with natural essential oils, such as Cracked Skin Cream by What Skin Needs (www.whatskinnneeds.co.uk, £13.99).’ says Sonja Dymalovski, skincare expert at What Skin Needs.

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LOCAL NEWS.BEAUTY, FITNESS & HEALTH. By Jane lawrenson

On the couch with Chiswick Psychotherapist Nicholas Rose

How to improve or even save your relationship

Believing that we understand our partners and that they should understand us is the

biggest source of trouble. It is what comes up again and again in my work with couples. The problem is that it sounds really obvious but its actually far more complex. Even the strongest and longest of relationships can struggle and once a relationship starts to have unresolved issues then intimacy and connection can be affected.

External factors are often very influential in difficulties arising, bereavements, work stress, redundancies, children arriving and leaving, health challenges and traumatic events can result in a couple feeling like they are working against each other rather than pulling together.

I asked my Senior Associate, Marybeth Mendenhall, a Family Therapist with a great deal of experience in working with families, couples, adolescents and individuals to talk to me about what she finds in her work. “During times of stress our sense of safety is challenged, and this triggers coping mechanisms that are built on our assumptions of the best ways to stay safe. Assumptions are based upon unique life experiences and therefore potentially reveal huge differences between partners”.

For my part I think about this in how we share many of the same needs for example, family harmony, to be a good partner, or parent and yet our strategies will be very different. I remember being at a conference where we were asked to say how love was shown in our families. I was amazed by the range of responses including time, holidays, education, family events, food, travel, working together, fun, looking after the older family members, being given the opportunity to go away, being encouraged to try new things… the list went on. I still think about that when people say they don’t feel loved - it sounds simple but

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actually there is so much to understand. And time and again couples struggle because they just cannot understand why their partners are behaving in a certain way when they would behave completely differently in the same situation.

“Couples often struggle to reach a full understanding around a point of conflict because they do not feel heard by the other. A major part of my work is to help couples develop listening and conflict resolution skills.” states Marybeth.

Marybeth and I put our heads together and came up with some core guiding principles:

1 Words like “love” are short cuts – when talking to each other ask what they mean when they say that.

2 learn how to improve your communication skills. for example, if you feel hurt by something that your partner’s done do not assume that the intention was to hurt you, instead say how you felt and ask if that was what had been intended.

3 Never underestimate the possible impact of change, difficult times and stress.

4 If you are struggling then do not hesitate to seek professional help. Many couples seek help when it is too late - when there is too much misunderstanding and hurt and not enough energy and commitment left to make the changes required.

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In the next edition Marybeth will write in more detail about the techniques she uses in working with couples.

Appeal to trace men following theft in Chiswick

The Distillers, Hammersmith wins Fuller’s Outstanding Achievement award

Officers from the Met’s Roads and Transport Policing Command are appealing for help in identifying four men after an elderly lady had over £4,000 stolen as she boarded a bus in Chiswick during the summer. Police would like to identify the four men who followed the 70-year-old vic-tim from Barclays Bank in Chiswick after she withdrew money on Friday, 7 August

She then boarded a route E3 bus on Chiswick High Road, which is where officers be-lieve the suspects stole the victim’s money from her bag. {{more: Read more...}}

The suspects are described as:

A white male, aged 50-60 years old, approximately 5ft 5ins tall and of large build. He had a round face and grey or white hair. The male was well dressed in a plain blue shirt and dark trousers.

Fuller, Smith & Turner P.L.C., the London brewer and premium pub company, is delighted to announce that The Distillers on Fulham Pal-ace Road in Hammersmith, has been named winner of the Outstanding Achievement category in the Company’s annual pub of the year con-test, The Griffin Trophy. The pub is run by manager Mike

A white male, aged around 25-years-old, approximately 6ft tall and of slim build. He had short dark brown hair and was well dressed in a beige shirt and dark brown trousers.

The other two suspects were both described as white men, aged around 25-30 years, of slim to medium build. They both wore light coloured shirts and dark trousers. One wore a dark jacket, before re-moving this during the theft.

All four suspects spoke with foreign accents, possibly eastern European.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Constable Alastair Middle-ton leading the investigation on 07909 877121 or Crimes-toppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 quoting ref: 0516171/15.

Dilnot and was given an ex-tensive refurbishment in May 2014. The result was announced at a ceremony held in the Board Room at the Company’s world-famous Griffin Brew-ery in Chiswick on Tuesday, November 3, 2015. The Griffin Trophy awards

recognise the efforts and achievements of the Compa-ny’s top managers and tenants in five categories: Outstand-ing Achievement, Best City/London Pub, Best Hotel/Inn, Best Town/Local Pub, and Best Country/Village Pub. On giving the award to Mike Dilnot, Manager of The Dis-tillers, Fuller’s Chairman

Michael Turner said: “I am delighted to award this ac-colade to Mike. This pub is quite unique, housing some of the quirkiest features in the Fuller’s estate. The constant rotation of beers and chang-ing weekly menus means that The Distillers certainly stands out from the competition. Mike and his team have done an incredible job growing the

Illegal air pollution SIX times the EU safe limit has been discovered on Chiswick High Road as shown in a new vid-eo from Brentford TV. It was identified by two environ-ment scientists from Mapping For Change, part of Universi-ty College London.

The scientists drove from Chiswick Roundabout to the main shopping area making

business, since the pub’s re-furbishment last year, and this award is well deserved.” Mike Dilnot, Manager of The Distillers, said: “It’s fantastic to receive this award. I’m in-credibly proud of my team. I have enjoyed every minute at The Distillers, engaging our customers through our vast range of beers, delicious

a constant measure of pol-lution particulates – blamed for 3,600 deaths in London a year.

The highest measurement was 161 compared with the legal limit of 25 – recorded near the Church of Our Lady of Grace & St Edward.

If taken during rush-hour, the results would be expected to

food offering and first-class service. This win is a true testament to the hard work of my team and progress that we have made over the past year.” The prize for winning the category comprises two cas-es of Champagne, a staff par-ty and an engraved plaque for the pub.

be even higher.

Of the results, lead investiga-tor Louise Francis said: ‘It’s fluctuating quite a lot but along that high street, if you were to average it out, they are nearly all above (the EU legal limit) and some consid-erably.’

Watch the video at chiswick-herald.co.uk

Get your skates on at Westfield’s ice rink

Chiswick High Rd: air pollution SIX times the EU safe limit

Shoppers put your bags down and hop on the ice rink as Westfield kicks off the win-tery fun.From the 19 November to 3 January, up to 150 skaters can skate on real ice in the atrium of Westfield shopping centre in White City.Skaters can enjoy live music performances from the West-field Presents stage, and a live DJ from Thursday to Sunday under sparkly fairy lights.Everyone can join in the fun, with children as young as three able to skate with pen-guin and seal skating aids available for hire.Sessions start at 10am every day; peak tickets are Satur-days and Sundays and every day from 21 December-3 Jan-uary. Off peak sessions are available for Monday-Friday from 19 November-18 De-cember.


FOOD&DRINK.

recipes from the VillaCook the Tuscan way with the Villa di Geggiano’s resident Chef lazarin Kroni

Got a recipe and would like to share it? Email [email protected]

Buon Appetito

lazarin Kroni - Resident ChefVilla di Geggiano, 66-68 Chiswick High Road, W4 1SY • Tel: 020 3384 9442

FOOD&DRINK.

residents’ recipes Calamari Stewed with Tomatoes Recipe

by louise Williams, Grove Park.

Prep time:• Prep time: 15 minutes• Cook time: 1 hour, 20 minutes• Yield: Serves 4-6

You can buy frozen, cleaned squid in the freezer section of many grocery stores. Defrost by placing in refrigerator overnight, or in a bowl of ice water. This recipe does call for an anise-flavored liquor, which you can leave out if you want, but the dish will be better with it in.

Ingredients• 2 pounds cleaned calamari (squid), tubes sliced into rings and tentacles roughly chopped• 4 Tbsp olive oil• 1 sliced onion• 1 fennel bulb, chopped• 3 garlic cloves, chopped• 2 Tbsp tomato paste• 1/4 cup Sambuca or other anise-flavored liquor• 1 cup red wine• 1 28-ounce can of crushed tomatoes• Salt and pepper• 1/2 cup parsley, chopped• 1/4 cup fennel fronds, chopped

Method

1 Heat the olive oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. When the oil is hot, add the onions and fennel. Stir to coat with oil and sauté, stirring occasionally, until it begins to color, about 5-6 minutes. Sprinkle some salt over it. Add the garlic cloves and tomato paste and stir well to combine. Cook this for another 2-3 minutes, stirring once or twice.

2 Add the red wine, stir well, and increase the heat to high. Boil until the liquid is reduced by half.

3 Add the Sambuca or other anise-flavored liquor, and the crushed tomatoes. Stir in the calamari and bring the pot to a gentle simmer. Simmer for at least 1 hour. After an hour, taste a piece of calamari; It should be tender. If it’s not, keep simmering. Check for tenderness every 15 minutes afterward.Serve with ground pepper and bread.

4 Once the calamari is tender, taste the stew for salt and pepper, adding if needed. Add the chopped parsley and fennel fronds. Stir well to combine and serve.

Method

In a pan of boiling salted water place the asparagus cut in half and let them cook for about 1 and 1/2 minute, then drain and refresh them in iced water to stop the cooking process. Now in a small hot pot brown the chopped banana shallots and add the woody half of the asparagus, also chopped, add the veg stock and let it simmer for 2 minutes then transfer the ingredients into the blender and add the raw baby spinach, to give a strong green colour to the purée, add the vinegar and keep blending until you rich a nice and smooth purée, taste it and season it with salt and black pepper as you like. Now let’s sauté the other half of the asparagus; in a very hot pan pour a small amount of olive oil and the asparagus, add a little seasoning and sauté for about 1 minute to give some roasted flavour and colour to the asparagus, keep moving them all the time while roasting.

While you get going with the sides you should start prepping the racks of lambs too. Grill them on a large frying pan on a high heat, add a lug of olive oil and sear the lamb until golden for about 7-8 minutes. After that we put them in a pre-heated oven (250 degrees) for about 5-6 minute ( cooking time for medium rare).

Cooking complete, take them out of the oven and let it rest for about 3 minute before serving. Cut know the racks of lamb and finish off with salt, pepper andolive oil.

Now it is ready to serve. Enjoy!

GrILLED rACK OF LAMB WITH TWO SIDES ASPArAGuS

This fortnightly feature invites you to cook a selection of mouthwatering recipes with the Villa di Geggiano’s resident Chef lazarin Kroni. lazarin will suggest a recipe straight from Tuscany for you to try at home.


LOCAL NEWS. PROPERTY.

Prestigious arts and antiques fair underway at Olympia

QPR put poetry to motion to explain club’s roots for Black History Month

An art deco bronze panther, a pair of finely turned George lll armchairs, a late 19th cen-tury carpet from Turkmen-istan and a Georgian silver butter dish in the shape of a shell, and resting on cast win-kle feet.Feel your home is missing something?

The Hoops have found an artistically bold way to cele-brate black history month – a video featuring an urban poet playing football.In the space of just two and a half minutes, My Badge is My Culture not only salutes QPR’s contribution to west London sporting excellence, it also speaks to the multicul-turalism of Shepherd Bush.At its heart is a specially penned poem by Jason Nwan-

Look no further than Olym-pia’s annual winter art and an-tiques fair, which is offering these and 30,000 other items.The fair, now in its 25th year and a fixture on the calendar of dealers and collectors, is in full swing and closes on Sun-day 8 November at 5pm.

As well as pieces of furniture from more or less any era in time, this year’s fair has for sale a painting by Sir Alfred Munnings, a rare musical bracket clock made in 1775, chandeliers, mirrors that wouldn’t look out of place in Versailles and even a gleam-ing 1949 Bristol 402 roadster, as favoured by Hollywood

si, a professional wordsmith and film-maker, read rap-style against a musical soundtrack.While Jason reads the words, the images are a montage of atmospheric QPR footballing memories from the 70s, 80s and 90s, interleafed with ac-tion shots of Gianni Crichlow from the QPR academy.My Badge is My Culture was partly filmed at the Hoops’ training base at Harlington, near Heathrow airport.The production is peppered with the title phrase to get the message across, and the intense, punchy film stands as one of the most imaginative ways yet devised to mark a national celebration of black and minority ethnic cultures just shy of its 30th anniver-sary.QPR in the Community Trust has supported the innovative project, together with a com-panion piece, also filmed by Jason Nwansi and entitled The Journey, in which Rang-ers legend Les Ferdinand discuss the issue of race and football.A thought-provoking and

greats.Around 22,000 visitors are expected, with 120 antique businesses represented in the exhibition space’s national hall.

Other highlights of the week-long fair include talks by ex-perts at the V&A, who will be speaking about historic wallpaper, for anyone itching to turn their living room into something out of Downton Abbey.The fair not only attracts west Londoners keen to find some-thing out of the ordinary to put on the mantelpiece but also interior designers.

reflective film, it shows Les – the director of football at the club – reminiscing about being a young kid, playing football in the streets of Shep-herds Bush outside the flats where he lived.The Journey confronts is-sues head-on. What does it mean to be a black man in England? he is asked. “It’s all I’ve known,” he says, with a chuckle. “Don’t allow doors to be closed in your face!”While saluting past players such as Laurie Cunningham, Cyrille Regis and Brendon Batson, who inspired him as a youngster, Les insists that racism isn’t a football prob-lem, it’s an issue for a wider society.Pablo Blackwood, from the QPR Trust, is also inter-viewed, and points to QPR’s enlightened attitude and com-mitment to equality.


PROPERTY. PROPERTY.


PROPERTY. PROPERTY.

NEW COMMuNITY IN BrENTFOrD TAKES SHAPEStunning collection of waterside homes prove a drawThe latest release of homes at the stunning Brentford Lock West have been selling fast, as this desirable waterside community continues to prove popular among today’s home buyers.

The latest release of homes, Carrick Square – an impressive collection of one, two and three bedroom apartments and four bedroom townhouses have experienced high demand, with the majority already reserved off-plan as purchasers look to make this emerging and exciting part of Brentford home.

All of the homes at Brentford Lock West include highly spec-ified interiors throughout, to include interior designed, fully fitted high gloss cream kitchens and contemporary bathroom suites with high quality fixtures and fittings. The majority of apartments offer generous balconies or terraces, while the townhouses boast their own private, courtyard gardens as well as spacious outdoor terraces.

Purchasers at Brentford Lock West will also have the opportu-nity to register for one of the development’s eagerly anticipated roof top allotments, offering them the opportunity to meet fellow, green fingered residents and to grow their own fresh produce.

For those looking to make the most of the water, there are plen-ty of local clubs offering paddleboarding and canoeing, with frequent activities taking place on the water, right in front of the development. For those in search of green open space, Syon Park and its beautiful grounds are just a short stroll away.

With its own bustling high street, a host of restaurants and cafes and it’s popular, weekly market, there is plenty for residents to access, right on their doorstep, while the popular towns of Rich-mond, Chiswick and Ealing are within easy reach.

Situated along the banks of the Grand Union Canal, Brentford Lock West forms part of a five year project, which is expected to breathe new life into Brentford, through the delivery of 520 new homes. In addition to providing much needed new housing, the scheme will also deliver new community spaces and com-mercial buildings, helping to create new jobs for the area. The homes offer buyers a unique opportunity to secure a new, highly specified home, while benefiting from a host of community features and green initiatives – from roof top allotments to the delivery of a new watersports hub.

The Sales and Marketing Suite is open daily, 10am - 5pm. for more information or to book an appointment call the Brentford lock West sales team at Stubbings Property Marketing on 020 8569 7449, email [email protected] or visit www.brentfordlockwest.co. uk


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PROPERTY. LOCAL NEWS.

Children of West London protest against third runway Jeremy Hunt Must Listen To The Concerns Of Junior Doctors If He Truly Cares About Our NHS

West Ealing up for makeoverTo coincide with the appearance of Heath-row Airport before the Environmental Audit Committee today, children in West London who face growing up under a new flight path if a third runway is built donned air pollution masks and ear defenders as a protest against further Heathrow expansion.Research funded by the Massachusetts In-stitute of Technology shows a 3rd runway at Heathrow may cause more pollution deaths (1). The research suggests that Heathrow avi-ation pollution causes 50 early deaths a year and that figure could rise to 150 if a third run-way is built. Already there are 10,000 deaths from pollution in London. Earlier today West London parents gathered on Chiswick Com-mon, some bringing infants as young as two months, to express their worries about the impact of further Heathrow expansion on the next generation. Kelvin Murray, a Chiswick resident and father of two young sons, who took the pictures, said “I cannot believe the government are even considering further Heathrow expansion.”Children and Air Pollution‘We know enough to be concerned about how London’s air pollution impacts on the health of children,’ says Dr Ian Mudway, a respira-tory toxicologist from Kings College London. He highlights research by James Gauderman published in the New England Journal of Medicine in March 2015 that demonstrates that children exposed to pollution (nitrogen dioxide and small airborne particles) in Cal-ifornia in the 1990s had significantly reduced lung growth. California has subsequently pursued aggres-sive pollution reducing policies and as air pollutant concentrations have fallen the num-ber of children with reduced lung capacity has fallen. ‘This critical study demonstrates the close link between exposure to pollution and childrens’ lung growth’ says Dr Mudway. ‘This study is very important, not only be-cause it shows the link between reduced lung growth and pollution, but because it shows that effective action can prevent harm to children’s lungs, impacts that may well tract through to their adult life’. The current levels of nitrogen dioxide pollution in London, he points out, ‘predominately from diesel vehi-cles, exceed the levels reported in California in the 1990’s. London therefore has much to be gained from addressing these emissions’. What are the ramifications of this for expand-ing Heathrow if the 3rd runway is built? Dr Mudway has serious concerns: ‘anything that promotes more vehicles into the area can only further degrade air quality and the impacts of this on health are far from neutral,’ he warns. ‘Whilst environmental impact assessments will have been performed for the Heathrow expansion, the critical question is whether they have accurately modelled the emissions from diesel vehicles, especially in light of what is now common knowledge follow-ing the VW scandal. We know the published emission values are wrong, and this is ac-knowledged by DEFRA, (Dept. for Environ-ment, Food and Rural Affairs) in their recent consultation document on reducing nitrogen dioxide in the UK. It would therefore seem wrong’, he says, ‘if previous environmental impact assessments were based on different criteria from those in the current DEFRA consultation. Maybe there should be a mora-torium on previous assessments of air quality impacts for large infra-structure projects until this issue has been resolved.’ Recently West London Councils gave a damn-ing verdict on the Davies Commission and highlighted mounting fears about pollution. The Council’s report argues that while eco-

nomic benefits are grossly inflated ‘there is a distinct lack of information about air quality and flightpaths’. NO2 levels around Heathrow are already illegal and in breach of EU regula-tions. Measurements of NO2 at sites along the A4 and M4 have recorded peak levels of up to 200 micrograms per cubic meter of air, well in excess of the 40 microgram objective. Diesel fumes, heavy metals, particulates, nitrogen di-oxide and sulphur dioxide from increased traf-fic combined with pollutants from aircraft fuel ‘can only result in an increase in the 10,000 deaths a year in London from pollution that already occur’, said a spokesperson for CHA-TR, Chiswick Against Third Runway. ‘It is hard to conceive of a more efficient system for spreading dangerous pollutants across a dense population than to expand an airport - with all its supporting infrastructure and traffic - right in the middle of the West London suburbs.’Children and Noise A growing body of scientific evidence shows that, quite apart from the effect of air pollution on health, the noise of aircraft also affects chil-dren’s mental ability or cognition. The Ranch studies (Road Traffic and Aircraft Noise and Children’s Cognition and Health) tested al-most 3000 primary school age children living near Heathrow, Amsterdam and Madrid air-ports and found negative effects on children’s learning, including their reading, comprehen-sion and recognition memory. A follow up study of 460 of these children showed cogni-tive detriments continued into teenage years. Scientists believe that the annoyance or irri-tation of the aircraft noise produces physio-logical responses such as raised blood sugars, blood fats and changes to hormones. In older people this in turn leads to measurable health detriments including hypertension, cardiovas-cular disease and stroke.

I believe that the Government’s current ap-proach is completely the wrong way forward and that they should work with the BMA and junior doctors to find a fair agreement that avoids the threat of industrial action.The issue around the new contracts is just the latest in a string of missteps and mistakes that have happened over the past few years. Over and over again it appears that Whitehall is dis-regarding concerns of those on the frontline, with the experience and expertise, in order to ascertain or expedite a desired political out-come. Cuts in services and pay will only have one outcome – NHS patients will suffer.We should all thank the NHS staff for their service. The years of training, long hours and mental stress should not go unnoticed or un-appreciated. Our world class health service is built on its amazing staff.I have received a number of emails from junior doctors living in my constituency describing how the changes would affect them personally and their concerns about their ability to do the job effectively if these changes went through.As we witnessed by the march in London this past weekend, junior doctors feel extreme-ly strongly about this issue – and rightly so. I also appreciate that there is real concern

Ealing Council is inviting bids from residents by Tuesday, 8 December on how to spend £40,000 to help spruce up West Ealing as part of its Champions Fund initiative.The West Ealing Champions Fund has grants of up to £2,500 available for projects that will help improve West Ealing in and around the high street area. Applications will need to il-lustrate how the project will help improve the area and be clear on how the initiative will be delivered and sustained. The project will need to address one of the following categories, welcoming town cen-tre – making it attractive with things like art projects and gardening; distinctive town cen-tre – highlighting the strengths of the town centre with festivals and exhibitions; diverse town centre – projects that offer visitors more to see and do in the town centre; growing town centre – projects that improve access into em-ployment and training for local people.

Play is also important for children’s devel-opment and one school close to Heathrow, Hounslow Heath Infants School, has taken the novel step of building special domes or igloos in the playground to reduce the noise of the planes. At 180 meters (600’) the planes are so loud that play or conversation is disrupted for 25 seconds roughly every 90 seconds. Already 40 schools in West London are under flight-paths and that number will increase if Heath-row expands. The precise number of schools affected by the plans is not yet clear because of the absence of detailed information about the proposed new flightpaths from Heathrow. ‘We should be concerned for the health of future generations’ said MP Ruth Cadbury. ‘We know and the government knows, that continuous overflying affects children’s health and their learning in schools.’ Ruth has campaigned against Heathrow expansion for 15 years. ‘I don’t want to be responsible for blighting their futures’ she said. There will be a very important public meet-ing on Wednesday 25 November at 6.45 for 7.00 in St Michael and All Angel’s Church at Turnham Green. Everybody welcome to come and hear how further expansion of Heathrow would affect you Residents who object to Heathrow expansion should register their protest by writing to Da-vid Cameron and George Osborne directly. A real handwritten letter has more impact than a template letter Write your own letter to David Cameron and George OsborneIt’s important to remind the Prime Minister that he made a promise that there would not be a 3rd runway at Heathrow.

among many people in my constituency and across the country at the way the Government have handled this.It is deeply concerning that the BMA have de-scribed the proposed contract as ‘unsafe and unfair’ and that the Royal College of Paedi-atrics and Child Health have stated that this could be ‘gravely damaging to the health and wellbeing of children’ and ‘adversely affect recruitment, retention and the morale’ of ju-nior doctors.I also fear that, rather than addressing the real strains our NHS is currently facing, the Gov-ernment are punishing staff for their own fi-nancial mismanagement of the NHSI believe the Health Secretary should now withdraw the threat of imposing a new con-tract and re-engage in a meaningful dialogue with the BMA and NHS staff. The Govern-ment also need to accept that compromise is necessary to reach a fair settlement and come forward with a better deal that ensures patient safety is not put at risk. I will be writing to the Health Secretary, Jer-emy Hunt, raising the concerns of the people that have written to me, and will support activ-ity in Parliament to stop these changes going ahead as currently planned.

Anyone interested in finding out more about the champions fund before submitting an ap-plication is invited to a workshop being held on Tuesday, 10 November at 6.30 – 8.30pm at Welshore Community Hub, 99 Broadway, West Ealing, W13 9BP.Leader of the council, Councillor Julian Bell, said: “This is a great opportunity for people to tell us how we can help improve West Ealing. With your help we can make the area a more thriving town centre for people who live, work and visit there. You never know, it could be your project that wins.”The West Ealing Champions Fund has been set up by Ealing Council in partnership with Ealing Community & Voluntary Service. West Ealing is a priority area for the council’s regeneration team. The projects chosen will help tackle environmental issues, improve the health of residents, support social and cultural activities and help deal with crime issues.

The Chancellor is one of the strongest advo-cates for Heathrow in the Cabinet. A letter to him is important too.The Prime Minister’s address is Rt Hon David Cameron MP The Prime Minister 10 Downing Street London SW1A 2AA The Chancellor’s address is:

Rt Hon George Osborne MPChancellor of the ExchequerHM Treasury1 Horse Guards RoadLondon SW1A 2HQ

To find out about future events, please e mail Chatr [email protected]

West London families against third runway.

Body recovered in Feltham

Bike Stolen outside pub

Police were appealing for assistance to trace the whereabouts of 24-year-old Josh San-chez-Maldonado who was reported missing from Feltham.On Thursday, 29 October, detectives from Hounslow were informed by the British Trans-port Police that a body of a man had been found near the train tracks between Feltham and Staines.Formal identification has not yet taken place and a post-mortem will be scheduled in due course. Mr Sanchez-Maldonado’s next of kin have been informed of this development.

A Chiswick resident who had his bike stolen from outside the City Barge is offering a £250 reward for its returnThe bike, a JAMIS RENEGADE ELITE road bike, was stolen on 31st October. If you have any info, please contact the Chiswick Herald on 020 3623 0567


ART&ARCHITECTURE.

Glazed and infused with colourby Beryl Robinson

Contemporary practitioners are always in debt to their predecessors and in the visual arts the influential figures of John Ruskin and William Morris

were at the forefront of theory and criticism, design and activism. Ruskin examined the complex relationship between art and society, the relationship of industry to that which is made by hand. William Morris put Ruskin’s ideas into practice, celebrating all that is hand crafted, reliant on touch and the natural beauty inherent in materials, whether in the applica-tion of paint, or the iridescent glaze of ceram-ics.

By the mid 19th Century a vocal minority was profoundly disturbed by the level to which craftsmanship had begun to disappear and public taste was for mass-produced and pre-dictable machine made objects in the wake of the Industrial Revolution. Hence the revival of the art of hand printing was championed, alongside the individual making of all forms of art and objects, including painting. The idea was that there should be no real difference be-tween the fine and decorative arts.

Many converts followed this thesis relent-lessly spreading these ideas around Europe and the Arts & Crafts Movement opened the door for Art Nouveau, the modernist designs of architect Le Corbusier, the Bauhaus Design School in Germany and the Union des Artistes Modernes in France. It also influenced Mack-intosh and the Glasgow School of Painting, running parallel to the irrepressible Glasgow School of Art.

The Central School of Arts and Crafts was established later in 1896 and grew directly from the Arts and Crafts movement. In 1908 the school moved to purpose-built premises in Southampton Row, renamed as the Central School of Art and Design. Amongst its alumni was a legacy of artists and designers includ-ing Eric Gill, artist and typographer, Terence Conran, designer and founder of Habitat, ab-stract and figurative painters Victor Pasmore and Lucian Freud. Contemporary painting in its turn, recognized the value of independence from subject matter and the technique of layer-ing and building an image that could reference the world without being tied down by repre-sentation. Just as a sculpture could be built of clay, or a vase glazed to saturation, painting was free to explore the material of paint and its pure effect on the spectator.

The painterly surface of contemporary British ceramics drew on the discipline of painting and the process of glazing. The painterly free brushwork was influential in studio ceram-ics and its break with the restrained oriental influence that previously dominated studio pottery. Practitioners developed highly indi-vidual styles, some using brightly coloured decoration and pattern, glaze trailing on glaze, thereby achieving vivid colour and expressive form. The cross fertilization of disciplines has long been established in art practice allowing freedom of expression beyond the confines of any single discipline.

Janice Tchalenko bowl

Louise Taylor vessels

Beryl Robinson paintings


LOCAL NEWS.


LOCAL LIFE. LOCAL LIFE.

Celebrating the older generation – the Hounslow 50+ Festival 2015The Festival is organised by Hounslow Seniors Trust and designed to highlight the enormous contribution that older people make to the Borough and their enthusiasm for learning and taking part in activities and events. This year was the 22nd year of the Festival.

In September, trips were organ-ised to various places of interest, including the poppy factory, the

historic town of Hastings, the Chur-chill war rooms, the RHS’s Har-vest Festival Show, gardens centers and farms, JMW Turner’s house, and walks exploring the local area including, Brentford, Isleworth, Feltham, Hounslow Heath, Kew, and our own Chiswick Mall.

Arts and craft activities included mosaic workshops with a profes-sional artist to create a mural with the theme of Peace, with the help of Beavers Community Primary school. Exercise and creativity mixed with a lot of fun was assured in classes teaching Bollywood and Latin dance. Taking a rest from all that bodily contortions was welcome with a sit down to watch wartime fantasy classic: Anchors aweigh with Gene Kelly and Frank Sina-tra, and a theatre production at the Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond of the 30s classic: French without tears.

Interlaced with all this art and enter-tainment was generous lashings of tea, cakes and gossip in numerous Tea Dances in and around the Bor-ough, including at Chiswick-based Age UK.

The closing ceremony on the 28th of October at Chiswick Town Hall was a mass of colour with performanc-es by Bollywood and Latin dancers and performances by the Trust’s Rambert Dance Company and exhi-bitions of artwork created by older people working with artists from

Redlees Studios.

1 October 2015 was the Internation-al Day of Older People, the day des-ignated to raising awareness of the needs of older people. The contri-butions made by many local organi-sations and individuals who give up their time and skills to support older people is a vital factor in helping older people, less able to support themselves, to age with dignity and enjoyment, and feeling that they re-main a vital part of the community.

I volunteered to highlight the festi-val for the Chiswick Herald so went along to a few of the events. First off was Age UK’s Tea Dance at their base in North Oxford Rd opposite Chiswick Business Park, with vol-unteers from local company, MTG. That was shortly after followed by one of the regular Sunday walks along the Chiswick Mall, hosted by an expert guide. My last event was the closing ceremony of the Festival, on Thursday 28 October at Chiswick’s Town Hall, to see mul-ticultural displays of dance and lots of fun by local dance groups per-forming Latin and Bollywood danc-es, and performances by the Trust’s Rambert Dance Company.

The photos I took capture the genu-ine enjoyment and vibrancy of this year’s events. The photos here are just a snap-shot of the hundreds I took of these few events. To see a wider selection, visit my website at www.yogaplusexercise.weebly.com and select the ‘photography’ tab.


LOCAL LIFE. LOCAL LIFE.

The appliance of scienceis sometimes very odd.

First they tell us one thing,as though it came from God.

And then they change their mindson this “immutable” belief,

which sometimes causes laughterand sometimes causes grief.

So should we query any theory

that we are presented with?For maybe its realityor maybe pure myth!

Innocence.

In a sense,innocence is lost on

the innocent.

For if they are truly innocent,

how can they possibly know it?

Jail Sentence.

If I wrote these lines in Jail,would it become a sentence?

If so, I think I had better make it short!

© Tony Inwood 2015.

Science at a Glance!by Tony Inwood

How to change the world – without using cymbals!by Reverend Martine Oborne

Don’t you just wish that some peo-ple would just shut up and listen?

Don’t you just wish you could change people, especially those who have got things so wrong?

Maybe you’re thinking of terror-ists, or politicians, or – even – the Church. Or maybe you’re thinking of some of your closest friends and family?

Twenty years ago or more, I had a terrible relationship with my mum. She constantly found fault with ev-erything I did. More than that, she seemed to find fault with everything that anyone did.

Whenever I visited her, I’d come away feeling down in the dumps. Wondering how on earth I could change her.

I wasn’t proud of the fact that I didn’t like my mum – in fact, the thought really upset me.

But it was true. I didn’t like her. And with good reason.

She was not a likeable person. If I’m honest, I wanted her to shut up and listen and realise that she needed to change. I would tell her to count her blessings, to be grateful – but this seemed to make no difference.

I wanted her to realise she had got things wrong, that she was living her life the wrong way. But the more I tried to explain this, the more sullen and defensive she became. And the more I disliked her.

But today I can say that I really and truly love my mum. I love seeing her. And I love spending time with her.

So what has happened? Did she change? Or have I? How has this extraordinary miracle come about?

Well, it certainly wasn’t through me berating her or withholding my love from her.

I think the change started to happen when I began to see the significance of love in my life and its power to change people.

Having often felt unloved in my own life, I began consciously to receive love. (For me, this came through my growing Christian faith – but Christianity has no monopoly on love and you can receive love without coming to Church!)

And, the more I received love and felt loved myself, the more I had love to share with others – both those I loved easily and those I didn’t like much at all, such as my mum.

This love made me genuinely more interested in other people’s lives. It made me think about how it felt to be in their shoes. I started to think of my mum’s life from her perspec-tive – to understand some of the sad-nesses and disappointments that she had suffered. And as I understood more – I stopped judging so much. And I stopped thinking about myself so much.

I started to have conversations with my mum where I was aware of not only what was coming out of my mouth – the words I was saying – but also what was coming out of my heart, while we spoke. I could feel this strange sense of love coming out of me towards my mum – in a way I’d not experienced before - and I’m sure that started to make a huge difference – whatever it was I

It’s been the topic at many a dinner party, so much so that it has become a cliche. Nothing raises the blood pressure more

than a good debate about house prices and housing. With the government declaring this morning that they want to see more people buying houses rather than renting, I took to Twitter to see what the consensus was among Chiswick locals. We have less council housing in the area com-pared to some other London boroughs, not too many high rise blocks say, compared to Acton or Brentford and houses regularly sell for over one million pounds, and that will only get you a modest terraced house in some roads.

I took to the streets in Chiswick to ask the question - rent or buy? And do you have a choice if you are a first time buyer?The general feeling was that most people want-ed to own their own home but simply couldn’t afford to in the area. Rather than move away, they choose to rent so they could stay in Chis-wick and enjoy all that we love about it. The green spaces, restaurants, community feel and good schools (up to primary level) were big draws fro staying put. A lot of families who couldn’t afford to buy here would rather pay the high rents for a long term, decent home than move away.Some had moved out to cheaper surrounding areas, Brentford being a big draw but with less amenities than Chiswick, they still found themselves coming back to Chiswick to shop, drop kids at schools or just to hang out and meet friends.

Mrs James * told me that she had been renting with her family for five years. She was happy with the house at first, but with children who were now hitting teen years, the place was getting too small and she needs more space. Unfortunately she is paying nearly three thou-sand pounds a month for her three bedroom, one bathroom terrace near Devonshire Road. The rent has risen every year, she started the contract on £2,100 a month when she signed, and now feels trapped. As I spoke to more people, this was a common theme. If you are paying that much rent, how are you meant to save for the deposit needed to buy a family house? The average depos-it needed for a house in Chiswick is around £400k ...! Families are staying put until the children leave home and then downsizing to save mon-ey. Some feel they will buy a smaller flat and some will move out of the area once they no longer need the good primary schools on offer here.

It is not all bad news though. Some families I spoke to actually love renting in a good area. They are of course, professionals with decent salaries who can afford it. Angela Moore* has been renting in Chiswick for ten years with her family of five. She loves the idea of moving every three years to a new place and has lived in a variety of properties from a five bedroom house in Grove Park to a converted factory, just of the high road. She likes the freedom that renting brings, no extra expenses for a leaky roof or a boiler that needs replacing and has found Chiswick landlords some of the best in London.

was saying.

I began to see that, in the past, I’d been trying to change my mum by withholding love from her. Hoping that she would want my love and that the absence of love would force her to change. But, of course, it had not had that effect.

I began to see that, rather than withholding love, I needed to pour it on. It would only be by pouring on love, as lavishly as I could, that things might be different, that our relationship might be healed.

This reminds me of what some-one once told me when I first became a mother. He said, ‘It’s easy to love a newborn baby - but our children most need our love when they are at their most unlovable.’ Something I know very well to be true – after the experience of raising five chil-dren, three of them now in their twenties.

It is only love that can change people. Which is why Jesus talked so much about loving our neighbour as ourselves, even loving our enemies. It is only through love – ‘soft power,’ if you like – that we will change the world and bring the peace and justice we all need.

You may be right when you say someone needs to shut up and listen. You may be right when you say that some people have got things so wrong and really need to change. But none of these people will listen, unless they sense that you like them. Better still, that you love them.

If you talk to someone with your mouth and not with your heart – you are like a person standing there smashing two cymbals to-gether. You are only annoying everyone around you. (There’s actually a verse in the Bible that says this – maybe you’ve heard it at a wedding? ‘If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy going or clanging cymbal.’)

So, apologies to all you won-derful percussionists out there – but cymbals will not change the world. Only a lavish outpouring of love has the power to do that.

As I have come to see for my-self.

So, if you’re reading this, mum – know that you are the best mum ever. And I love you!

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Personally, I think a scheme such as the Leashold Option or Tennant Buyer scheme would be ideal for renters in Chiswick. This is a scheme that allows private renters to sign the lease for a set amount of time while they save for a deposit to buy the place they are renting. You overpay on rent, which goes to-ward the final deposit and you agree on the property price that you will pay when you take the place on. You also pay a higher ini-tial deposit, between 10k - 20k which is taken out of the selling price when you are ready to buy. This seems a more reasonable amount to pay for a house that will become yours even-tually. While in the property, the plus side is that you can decorate as you wish, something that some private landlords do not allow as it costs them too much in the turnover at the end of a tenancy. It seems like a great idea but most estate agents either haven’t heard of it or are reluctant to discuss it, maybe because their commission would be a long time com-ing and in Chiswick especially, sales can be very quick and easy. If more renters insisted on Lease Options perhaps this would change?

One thing is for sure, Chiswick property pric-es are not going to go down anytime soon. In the meantime we have people who have grown up in the area and love it, being forced out as they simply can’t afford to stay.Something defiantly needs to change.

What do you think? Let us know your views and let’s start a discussion! Email [email protected]

* Names have been changed on request

GROVE PARK: A BRIEf HISTORYGrove Park, a more spacious suburb in the area originated in the earliest and most ambi-tious building plans for Chiswick of the dukes of Devonshire. It arose by the river below Strand on-the-Green, where the dukes had extended their holding westward to include Grove House and its grounds. The London and South Western railway cut off the park of Chiswick House from the duke’s riverside lands to the south-west, where in the 1860s the western stretch of Burlington Lane, along the existing line of Grove Park Road, con-tained only a few farm buildings east of Grove House in addition to Grove End, which had been built in 1861. Plans for a garden suburb to be served by Chiswick station, which had opened in 1849, were publicized in 1867 but discarded in favour of more piecemeal build-ing, which started in 1871.

The first roads were Spencer, Bolton, and Hartington roads, laid out as far as Cavendish Road across the grounds south-east of Grove House. Some large detached houses were built there and Grove House itself survived, being sold by the duke for private occupation in 1895. Towards Strand-on-the-Green, how-ever, the district was less exclusive, with some small dwellings at the north end in Grove Park Terrace. Devonshire Gardens and Cavendish Road had been named but not yet built up by 1894, when there were some houses in Grove Park Road and Grove Park Gardens. A few empty plots remained in 1914, when expan-

Jane Lawrenson speaks to local residents about the not so affordable housing market in W4.

sion was limited beyond the railway line and to the south by the duke’s Chiswick Park es-tate and by the sports grounds of St. Thom-as’s hospital, the Chiswick Park clubs, and the Polytechnic. The tendency to build more mod-est houses was also shown in Chiswick Park.

A lively social life, making use of the river for recreation, was planned from the first. Among the earliest buildings was the Grove Park ho-tel, near the station, where local societies met. Grove Park had a church from 1872, private schools by 1890, and gave its name to a large ward, including Strand-on-the-Green, in 1894. As early as 1900 two large houses in Spencer Road were replaced by flats, called Burling-ton Court. By 1914 there was a row of new shops, a bridge over the railway instead of a level crossing, and a pleasure lake, formerly belonging to Grove House, at the south end of Hartington Road, besides three boat houses and a fourth near Barnes bridge. During the First World War Cubitt’s Yacht Basin was formed out of the lake, for the production of concrete barges. After the war it was convert-ed into popular houseboat moorings, with a ship repair workshop and a caravan site.

Grove House in 1928 made way for the ter-raced houses of Kinnaird Avenue. To the north-east council housing covered the St. Thomas’s hospital estate after the Second World War but to the south-east the land remained open

except by the river along Hartington Road, where there were houses and flats of the 1930s. Hartington Court was built in 1938 on the site of Grove End. Off the southern end of the road maisonnettes at Thames Village were occupied from 1956, next to Cubitt’s Yacht Basin, which held c. 50 houseboats.

In 1965 expensive houses called Chiswick Staithe were completed on the site of nos. 1-15 Hartington Road, and in 1969 the last houseboat dwellers were forced to leave by the Cubitt’s Yacht Basin Co., which in 1975 advertised the first of 68 terraced houses, each with its own mooring. In 1979 Grove Park re-mained spacious, with many Victorian houses, the larger ones divided, and residents covering a wide social range. Change was most evident in the three oldest roads, which none the less retained their established trees. A residents’ association, the Grove Park Group, existed from 1970.

The physician and author Andrew Wynter (1819-76) died at his home, Chestnut Lodge, Grove Park. Field-Marshal Viscount Mont-gomery of Alamein (1887-1976) spent part of his boyhood at Grove Park, where his father rented no.19 Bolton Road from 1902.

Thanks to the British History Archives for the many facts in this article.

Grove House, 1900.

Chiswik Staithe.


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Eva Carneiro (left) and Jose Mourinho clashed on the touchline after Eden Hazard received treatment against Swansea

Physio Jon Fearn (left) and former club doctor Eva Carneiro (right) treat Eden Hazard in the closing moments of Chelsea's draw with Swansea

Nick Evans of Harlequins who kicked 28 points against Bath

Eva Carneiro (left) and Jose Mourinho clashed on the touchline after Eden Hazard received treat-ment against Swansea Jose Mourinho is to be the subject of an individual legal claim from former Chelsea team doctor Eva Carneiro. Sky Sports News HQ understands Dr Carneiro’s lawyers have named Mourinho as a respondent in the on-going legal wrangle. The news sug-gests that Carneiro holds Mourinho responsible in part or in full for her departure from Stamford Bridge.Details of the claim have been lodged with the Employment Tri-bunal and Chelsea are now aware of the details in the claim.It means the Portuguese manager will have to appear in person at an employment tribunal unless the case is settled out of court beforehand. Under employment law, an indi-vidual can be personally liable for damages if victimisation or discrim-ination can be proved.

Physio Jon Fearn (left) and former club doctor Eva Carneiro (right) treat Eden Hazard in the closing moments of Chelsea’s draw with Swansea Part of the case will focus on the events back in August and the fi-nal moments of Chelsea’s 2-2

draw against Swansea. With Chel-sea down to 10 men, Dr Carneiro and the team physiotherapist were called on to the pitch by the referee to treat Eden Hazard. In the post-match press conference, Mourinho described his medical staff as “im-pulsive and naive.”

Bath regrouped to score England captain Chris Robshaw began to put his World Cup woes behind him as he returned to Premier-ship action in a stunning 38-28 Harlequins victory at Bath.Kiwi fly-half Nick Evans kicked eight pen-alties and converted tries by Danny Care and Dave Ward in a faultless 28-point dis-play from the tee.Bath led 13-12 at the break with a try by Kyle Eastmond but indiscipline around the breakdown cost them dearly.Two late tries by Nick Auterac and Semesa Rokoduguni staved off humiliation, but not defeat.The damage was done in the nine minutes after half-time when Evans kicked two penalties and also converted a breakaway try by club captain Care.Quins looked by far the more fluent side in the first quarter and led 6-3 with two penal-ties by Evans to one for Ford.But Bath wrested back control, mainly through strong carrying by their pack. Loosehead Max Lahiff was particularly impressive and front-row partner Davey

He went on to say: “Even if you are a kit man, doctor or secretary on the bench, you have to understand the game.” The two sides could well settle be-fore the claims and counter-claims are aired in public at a tribunal, but Monday’s developments - and the

Wilson’s offload went astray with the line in sight.The Harlequins defence buckled and bent under the onslaught but Bath’s delivery from the breakdown was just too slow to create gaps for Ford and company behind the scrum. Rokoduguni was a real handful in the number 14 shirt but it was Eastmond who danced down the right touchline to score on the half-hour after a well-timed missed pass from Ollie Devoto.Ford’s conversion put the home side 10-6 ahead but they conceded two penalties in quick succession, the second after debutant Tim Visser broke clear from the restart and Bath went off their feet in a ruck on their own 22.Harlequins promptly did the same at the other end and Ford sent Bath in at half-time with a 13-12 lead.It was a lead quickly wiped out through a calamitous nine minutes after the interval.Evans first kicked a penalty and then Care made a devastating break from a ruck on

naming of Mourinho as a main re-spondent - will do little to ease the pressure on the beleaguered Chelsea boss.Mourinho has seen his side lose six out of 11 matches in the Premier League so far to leave the reigning champions in 15th spot in the table.

his own 22, chipping the defence and then kicking ahead before collecting to score.Evans added the conversion and soon made it 25-13 to Quins with a penalty.The alarm bells really began to ring for Bath when the Kiwi landed a seventh pen-alty on 54 minutes. By then, Quins were three scores ahead.Ford replied with a simple penalty at the other end but Bath began to look ragged and Evans landed his eighth penalty on the hour.With the help of the TV match official, ref-eree Matthew Carley showed Eastmond a yellow card for a ‘no arms’ tackle on Yarde.Quins took advantage by creating a 71st-minute try for replacement hooker and former Bath player Dave Ward. Evans’ conversion took his tally to an impressive 28 points.a catch-and-drive try through Auterac but Ford was wide with the conversion - his first miss this season.Rokoduguni crossed on the whistle with Ford adding the conversion.

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Brentford winning streak ends

QPR lose at Derby

Brentford’s Lasse Vibe takes the ball past Michael Dawson of Hull

Pressure mounting: R’s Chris Ramsey

Hull went top of the Sky Bet Championship as they ended Brentford’s four-game win-ning streak with a 2-0 victory at Griffin Park on Tuesday evening.Goals from Andrew Robert-son and Sam Clucas ensured Steve Bruce’s side maximum points and extended their unbeaten run to nine league games.Robertson gave the Tigers the lead on 67 minutes when he latched on to a Clucas through-ball and rifled home an angled drive past Brent-ford keeper David Button.And Clucas eased any nerves the visitors might have had with four minutes left when he reacted quickest in the box to tap home Harry Maguire’s drive which Button could only parry.But Hull did not have it all their own way in a first half dominated by Lee Carsley’s in-form Brentford.Bees striker Marco Djuricin forced a reflex save from Ti-gers keeper Allan McGregor after just two minutes before Abel Hernandez was inches away from finding the net at the other end.McGregor had to be at his best after 17 minutes, again getting down smartly to deny Djuricin and Hull survived a penalty shout from the

Londoners when Maguire appeared to haul back Lasse Vibe in the box, but refer-ee Gavin Ward waved away their appeals.Brentford were dominating the opening half with an up-and-at-them approach that shocked the visitors, who did well to dig in and survive the onslaught.But after the break, City emerged far stronger, found their passing range and even-tually started to find space behind the tiring Brentford defence.Former Brentford right-back Moses Odubajo tested Button with a sizzling low drive on 61 minutes and then with the next attack City were ahead.Ryan Woods was caught nap-ping at right back and Clucas’ probing pass found Robert-son who made no mistake with a powerful low drive across Button.Brentford tried to respond and almost went close on 71 minutes, centre-back James Tarkowski’s driving run tak-ing him past five defenders before teeing up Konstantin Kerschbaumer whose first-time curling effort cannoned to safety off the angle.By now, Brentford were start-ing to look jaded after their historic derby win over QPR and Hull were happy to turn

on the style and let their class tell.Maguire’s low drive stung Button’s palms, but Clucas was on hand to tuck home the rebound.This was harsh on a Brent-ford side, whose only conso-lation was the standing ova-tion from the home fans at the final whistle.Speaking after the game, a re-lieved Bruce praised the way his Hull side lived up to their expectations with the victory.“Being top of the league has its own expectations,” said Bruce. “We are a big scalp as the bloke behind kept re-minding me, but we are living up to it.“It was never going to be easy and Brentford were the better team in the first half, so we really had to show our mettle. It’s never easy to come here with the crowd behind them and Lee Carsley has them up and at you.”Although Brentford matched Hull for 70 minutes of the game, Bees head coach Cars-ley conceded the Premier League quality told in the end.“The first half was really good and we stood toe to toe with a side packed full of Pre-mier league quality,” Carsley said. “We had three or four opportunities but didn’t take

them and you have to against a side like that.“Hull got better and stron-ger as the game went on, but when you look at play-ers like (Tom) Huddlestone, (Mohamed) Diame and (Har-ry) Maguire coming off the bench that’s hardly surpris-ing.

Andreas Weimann scored his second goal in four days to give Derby an eighth win in 10 games as QPR went down 1-0 on a murky Tuesday night at the iPro Stadium in the Sky Bet Championship.The Austrian striker pounced early in the second half to give Derby a deserved win over a Rangers side who created little and had James Perch sent off in the final minute of normal time.The clubs were meeting for the first time since Rangers won the play-off final 1-0 in May 2014, but Derby were the form team coming into this game with 23 points out of 27 al-though the visitors were boost-ed by Charlie Austin’s return to the starting line-up.It needed an excellent defen-sive header by Craig Forsyth to prevent Austin connecting with a cross in the eighth minute but

“It was a massive pat on the back to us that they showed us respect by dropping back and letting us have the ball because they knew we’d pass through them if not.“We have to be realistic and remember that we have come a very long way in a very short space of time, but this

the left-back was carried off in the 21st minute after falling awkwardly behind the QPR goal as he tried to get on the end of a Chris Martin flick.Derby responded by creating their first chance in the 24th minute when Martin helped the ball on to Johnny Russell on the left edge of the box and it

is the benchmark we have to hit to have more games like this.”New leaders Hull now have the advantage over Burnley and Brighton on goal differ-ence after 15 games played, while Brentford lie 12th in the table.

needed a great block by Perch to divert his drive behind for a corner.The ball was zipping across the wet surface and Rangers had to defend desperately again when Weimann got behind them on the right to deliver a low cross which Nedum Onuoha cleared at full stretch.Weimann sliced an attempted volley tamely through to Rob-ert Green in the 34th minute as Derby started to find more space around the Rangers pen-alty area and Martin was only inches away from heading in a whipped free-kick from Rus-sell four minutes later.The game had been played in a good spirit until the first half ended with a flare-up in the Derby six-yard box ahead of a QPR corner which saw Cyrus Christie and Suk-Young Yun booked by referee Keith Stroud.Derby started the second half strongly and after Jacob But-

terfield struck a post, Wei-mann scored with a shot from 15 yards in the 51st minute although Rangers were con-vinced the ball struck Richard Keogh’s hand before he laid it off.Green palmed away a Butter-field shot minutes later and Paul Konchesky diverted a Jeff Hendrick shot behind for a corner as Rangers came under increasing pressure.Rangers had not forced Scott Carson into a meaningful save and Onuoha failed to test the keeper when he headed a cor-ner wide in the 79th minute before the visitors appealed in vain for a penalty in the 82nd minute when Junior Hoilett claimed he was caught by Car-son.Derby survived a late scare when a cross skidded narrow-ly wide off a defender before another disappointing night for QPR ended with Perch dis-missed in the 90th minute fol-

lowing a second yellow card.After the game, QPR boss Chris Ramsey admitted the pressure is growing in the wake of another disappointing defeat.“I would say you are always going to be under pressure as a manager when you are not win-ning,” Ramsey said. “We can see bigger and better managers than me in the papers lately are under pressure, people who have won trophies and Europe-an Cups.“The fans would want us to be winning week in, week out but it has to be said we’ve changed direction from what we decid-ed at the start of the season and so the expectations are a little bit higher than initially expect-ed.“I thought we deserved more tonight, we were more than an equal match for them and ob-viously very, very disappointed with the ref’s decision with the goal for not giving us a hand-

ball because at that stage the game was pretty even.”As for Derby, head coach Paul Clement believes his team could really be going places after a win that takes them to within one point of top spot.“Everyone is pulling together and I’ve got a really good feel about this group,” Clement said.“The team spirit, the cohesive-ness, and the understanding of the tactics are growing all the time and the players are show-ing so many different qualities. They can grind out difficult games, won’t get bullied by any team, can play good foot-ball, and can defend and keep clean sheets.”The only worry for Clement was an injury suffered by For-syth.“He’s injured his knee and it could be a bad one,” the Derby manager said. “We won’t know until it’s been scanned but it could be serious.”

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